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Myth . . . or Fact? Domestic Violence Quiz
True or False?
- Over half of defendants who kill their spouse have a prior criminal history.
True
- White and black women have equivalent rates of violence committed by intimates and other relatives.
True
- Hispanic and non Hispanic females have about the same rates of violence attributable to intimates.
True
- Women age 20 to 34 have the highest rates of violent victimization attributable to intimates.
True
- Women who graduate from college have the lowest rates of violence attributable to intimates compared to women with less than a high school education, to high school graduates, or to women with some college.
True
- Women with family incomes under $9,999 have the highest rates of violence attributable to an intimate and those with family incomes over $30,000 have the lowest rates.
True
- Women living in central cities, suburban areas, and rural locations experience similar rates of violence committed by intimates.
True
- Over 1400 females were killed by intimates in 1992, according to the FBI.
True
- About 1 in 5 females victimized by their spouses or ex-spouses reported to the National Crime Victim Survey that they have been a victim of a series of three or more assaults in the last six months that were so similar that they could not distinguish one from the other.
True
- Female victims of violence are less likely to report to the police than male victims.
False
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